一、辨主语
虽然三者均可表示“花费”,但所用主语不同:cost 的主语通常是事或物(包括形式主语 it),不能是人;spend 的主语只能是人,不能是事或物;take 的主语可以是事或物(包括形式主语 it),也可以是人。如:
The computer cost (me) $2000. 这台电脑花了(我) 2000 美元。
It costs $1000 a year to run a car. 使用一辆车每年要花1000美元。
I have spent all day looking for you. 我花了一整天找你。
It took me an hour to write the letter. 我写这封信花了一个小时。
The letter took me an hour (to write). (译文同上)
I took an hour to write the letter. (译文同上)
单词:cost的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
pay/spend/cost
He paid one yuan for the apples.他买苹果花了一元。
I spent ten yuan on the dictionary.这本词典花了我十元。
The new diamond necklace cost the Loisels thirty-six thousand francs.买新钻石项链花掉了卢瓦泽尔夫妇三万六千法郎。
<辨析>三者都有“花费(金钱)”的意思,但用法不相同。pay 与 spend 的主语应该是人,使用它们的方式分别是 sb.pays some money for sth.和 sb.spends some money on (for) sth.或 sb.spends some money in doing sth.cost 的主语总是所购买的东西,而购物的主人常常是它的间接宾语,其方式是 sth.costs sb.some money。试比较:The coat cost her twenty tuan./She spent twenty yuan on (for) the coat.She paid twenty yuan for the coat.买这件外衣她花了二十元。注意:cost 的间接宾语不能同介词连用。如不可以说 The coat cost twenty yuan for (to) her.
与单词:cost 相关的例句或者名人名言
A dozen eggs now cost twenty dollars--how expensive!
一打鸡蛋现在要20美元!好贵啊!
How much will it cost to repair my car?
修车需要花多少钱?
The total cost comes to five hundred dollars.
总价是500美元。
Yesterday he bought a dictionary. It cost him 50 yuan.
昨天他买了一本词典,花了50元。
※We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be . We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing-grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.——Winston Churchill British prime minister 无论需要付出多大的代价,我们也要捍卫我们的岛国。我们要战斗在海滩,我们要战斗在登陆地带,我们要战斗在田野、街巷,我们要战斗在山冈、丘陵,我们决不投降。英国首相 丘吉尔, W。